# 38
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“Elijah,” twenty-one years old, was a woman with a beautiful face, as her name suggested.
With her shiny beige hair and green eyes, she was the pride of the village with her stunning beauty.
Many men in the village wished to marry her, and among them was the second son of the “Baron” family, who had worked for him since she was young.
But Elia, who had high ambitions, was not filled with those men who warmly courted her.
She wished to wear exquisite dresses, become noble, and live a beautiful life forever, just like that noble lady who once visited the baron's family.
But in that remote village, there was no man who could make her dreams come true.
Elia went against her parents and went to the capital to look for a man who would raise her social status.
With her distinguished beauty, lively personality, and tact that she gained from working for the nobles, she suffered for a few years, but in the end she succeeded brilliantly by working as a maid in a family. The ancient “Hilderius”.
There, she met Lloyd, the heir to the Hilderius family, whose news was filling the newspapers.
With his handsome face, perfect body, tremendous strength, great wealth, and high position, he was the prince of her dreams.
Elia fell in love with Lloyd at first sight.
She hoped that he would transform her from a commoner into a noblewoman, just like the story of the famous Countess “Alashia,” so she remained around him diligently.
The more she watched him, the more she felt that he was the right man for her.
He did not have any scandals with women, and even the servants and knights talked about the fact that he had never entered into a relationship despite his good looks.
She knew that the Duchess was ready to marry him to any woman he showed interest in, regardless of her status.
This was her golden opportunity.
So, she invested all the money she earned from work in her beauty.
She took care of her hair with expensive oils and used luxurious perfumes.
She didn't care about saving, so if she became a duchess, those small amounts of money wouldn't matter.
Knights and servants tried to seduce her because of her beauty, and some of them asked to marry her, but her heart was loyal to one goal: Lloyd.
Although the quarrels between Dabin and Lloyd nearly killed her repeatedly, and despite the resignation of many maids, she remained steadfast.
Eventually, she became in charge of Lloyd's room.
She thought it was time for this shy man to fall into the trap of a beautiful maid.
She began entering his room repeatedly, wearing attractive perfumes and wearing luxurious underwear.
The other servants and knights desired her, but she was resolute, because she sincerely wanted to become a duchess.
But Lloyd was difficult.
He was obsessed with training, spending half his day in the training field, and the remaining time he spent on his work as a young duke.
He only slept for a few hours, and he often slept in his office or the training field.
Even though she was always by his side, he did not even realize she was there.
The awaited day has come.
The day Lloyd fell asleep in his room and woke up, Elia took it as an opportunity, put on a lot of attractive perfume and brought him breakfast.
“Hmm.”
Lloyd smelled her scent, and raised his head to look at her face.
When his purple eyes met hers, Elijah's face reddened involuntarily.
Good, I'll be the Duchess now.
Lloyd extended his hand.
Elia closed her eyes tightly, but…
Tsering.
Lloyd did not hold Elijah, but he held the summoning bell.
The butler came immediately.
“The smell of this maid’s perfume is very strong and makes my head hurt. Where is the private servant who worked before her? Send him back immediately.”
Because of this criticism, Elia was forced to leave her position on the same day.
How can he not feel anything when he sees me?
But she did not give up, and was waiting for opportunities.
Then I heard shocking news: Lloyd brought a woman, and she was even pregnant by him!
You couldn't believe it.
What kind of woman is this who was able to do what I was unable to do for years in a short time?
When I met her in the room, she was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen in her life.
Elia felt short of breath.
Despite her confidence in her beauty, she was forced to admit defeat in the face of this beauty.
Worse than that, she was a commoner like herself.
When she knew this, Elia hated her to an unbearable degree.
If she were a noble, she might have surrendered, but she's just a common girl.
That vixen seduced our master with her beautiful face.
She almost went crazy when she saw the Duke and Duchess rejoicing over the imminent arrival of their grandchild.
So, when she saw the blood on her clothes, she felt involuntarily relieved.
I had the opportunity! For me too!
She ran with joy to tell the Duchess.
The Hilderius family, which was full of activity, sank into sadness.
This woman will be fired soon, and I will take her place.
What also made her happy was that the duke’s daughter did not love that woman.
She hoped the missus would expel her quickly.
But things went against her wishes.
Lloyd kept caring for that woman, and even the missus he didn't love became distant from her side.
When she heard that she had been given the title of “countess,” she felt jealousy burning her heart.
As if that wasn't enough, the woman got a puppy from the missus.
Rumors spread that because of that puppy, the Knights Building was destroyed as a result of the twins’ fight.
When Elia saw the woman holding that little puppy and petting it, an evil idea came to her.
If I kill the puppy, maybe Dabin won't forgive her.
When the woman asked for warm milk and minced meat, Elijah secretly put “rat poison” in the food.
But the little black puppy refused to eat and turned away.
Did I fail?
Elia grumbled as she got rid of the food.
This time, the woman asked for raw meat.
Elijah thought: Raw meat for a little puppy? This woman is not of her own mind. The puppy will die anyway.
She brought raw meat and she made fun of her.
The puppy, who seemed weak, started eating raw meat like crazy.
Elia felt goosebumps as she saw blood pouring from the puppy's mouth while the woman clapped with joy.
What is this puppy?
She went down to the kitchen to prepare more meat, and saw that the workers' expressions were not normal.
“What's happening?”
But everyone remained silent.
Elia pressed the new maid until she trembled and said:
“That puppy in Miss Kay’s room...”
“What’s wrong with him?”
“It's… not a puppy. Miss Dabin brought it from the Dungeon, it's a Hellhound.”
Elia was shocked.
A monster? Was she carrying a monster and sleeping with it?
I remembered the sight of the woman laughing while the puppy was eating the meat and blood was flowing.
What mind do you have?
“Who did you hear that from?”
“The Knights of Hilderius said so. They said he would grow to be the size of a room and breathe fire.”
Elia got angry and grabbed the new maid's lapels:
“Why didn't you tell me?”
'Because your morals are bad'
The maid thought as she coughed and muffled her words.
“She is definitely a witch.”
Elia was sure that the woman was a witch, so she seduced everyone.
She decided that she was not an easy opponent for people like her.
The new maid ordered: “That woman said, ‘Bring raw meat. You go.’”
The maid cried: “I...I’m afraid too.”
“Go immediately!”
From then on, the puppy began to grow incredibly quickly.
In less than a week, he became the size of a huge dog, devouring raw meat.
The woman would go out with him for a walk in the middle of the night, and he would breathe fire while she laughed loudly.
Elia felt terrified whenever she heard her laugh.
She is a witch. That's why she's so beautiful.
She remembered her grandmother's stories about witches who steal the hearts of beautiful women to make them more beautiful.
I thought the witch would eat her heart and Miss Dabin's heart.
Elia wanted to escape quickly.
But where to? She did not want to return to the village.
Suddenly, she received a job offer from another duke's family.
“The Rosebeliere family?”
Although less famous than the Hilderius, they were an ancient wizarding family.
This is the place.. I will seduce the witches there.
Elia quickly submitted her resignation.
The head servant calmly accepted the resignation.
Elia thought: You should run away too before the witch eats you.
Although the head servant tried to stop her, Elia did not back down.
I took my end-of-service gratuity and took the carriage heading to “Rosebaire.”
"Waff! Waff!"
There was only the strong bark of “Rouba” as he bid farewell to that carriage under the dark sky.